Gun sling



C. E. SOMPLE June 8, 1965 GUN SLING Filed Feb. 25. 1963 owil INVENTOR. [ESom Cyri 0/6 ATTORNEY.

GUN SLING Cyril E. Sample, 'Girard, ,Ohio, assignor of one-half to George L. Sornple, Youngstown, Ohio Filed Feb. 25, 1963, Sen-No. 260,543 3 Claims. (Cl. 224--1) This invention relates to a gun sling and more particularly to a gun sling that will enable a gunbearer to carry a gun eifortlessly in a carrying or firing position.

The principal object of the, invention is the provision of.

a gun sling having portions engageable with the front stock and the rear stock of a gun and an intermediate member that may be positioned around the neck of the gun bearer.

A- further object of the invention is the provision of a gunsling arranged tosupport a gun in carrying or firing position and so that when the gun is in firing position the portions of the gun sling will not be in the line of sight.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a gun sling that is adjustable and that can be easilya 3,187,967 Patented June 8, 1965 .2 V of a single barrel gun showing the front stock support of the gun sling secured thereto.

FIGURE 4-is an enlarged cross section of a portion 7 of a double barrel gun showing the front stock support of the gun sling secured thereto.

By referring to the drawings and FIGURE-1 in par- .ticular,it-will be seen that a representation of a gun bearer attached to or detached from the gun without the necessity of drilling, tapping or marringthe gun in any way.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a gun sling arranged to engage a gun so that the same can be aimed without any portion of the sling obscuring the line of sight during aiming or firing.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a gun sling that may be readily changed from one gun to another and requires no permanent attachment on the guns with which it is used.

The gun sling disclosed herein comprises an improvement in the art relating to such devices and particularly in the portions of the gun sling which engage the gun. Those skilled in the art will observe that gun slings heretofore proposed have generally required attachment devices of one sort or the other secured to the gun and such attachments are often undesirable as they mar the gun and they effect its balance. which include hooks in which the gun was deposited. Such devices did not securely hold the gun and were usually so positioned as to make them objectionable at the time the gun was aimed or fired.

The present invention relates to a gufn sling which in cludes an adjustable length of suitable flexible material having a pair of a resilient distortable clamps on its opposite ends, one of which is adapted to form a rear stock support for the gun and the other of which is adapted to form a front stock support for the gun. Both the clamping members or stock supports are so formed that they engage only the sides and bottom portions of the gun stocks thereby leaving the upper portions of the gun completely unobstructed and the clamps or supports are so arranged that they are readily interchangeable from one gun to another and capable of holding either a single barrel rifle or shotgun or a double barrel shotgun as the case may be.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it beingthe intention to cover all changes and modifications of the example of the invention herein chosen for purposes of the disclosure, which do not constitute departures from the spirit and scope of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a gun bearer showing the gun sling in position holding a gun in carrying position. I 7

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing the gun sling.

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged cross section of a portion Other gun slings have been proposedv has been disclosed together with a gun carried thereby, the gun including a rear stock 10, a front stock 11, a barrel 12 and a trigger mechanism 13 all as known in the art. Thejgun is supported in carrying position as shown by a flexible support member 14 which may comprise a section of webbing or belting or the like and is preferably formed in two pieces as seen in FIGURE 2 of the drawings and wherein the pieces are provided with interengaging adjustable buckles 15 so that the member 14 may be adjusted as to length. Each of the ends of the member 14 are provided with loops 16 in which rings 17 are secured and each of the rings 17 respectively supports a rear stock support 18 and a front stock support 19. The rear stock support is of an elongated U-shape with the upper ends of the arms 20 thereof I outturned slightly and a sidewardly olfset apertured extension 21 is formed integrally with one of the arms 20 positioned. inwardly from the uppermost end thereof.

One of the rings 17 heretofore referred to is engaged in the apertured extension 21 and it will be observed by referring to FIGURE 2 of the drawings that the positioning of the extension 21 and the aperture therein relative to the upper curved end of the arm 21 of the rear stock support 18 is such that the looped end 16 of the member 14 is positioned well off to one side of the stock support 18 and thereby completely away from the line of sight along the top of the gun 12. The front stock support 19 is semi-circular in shape with one of its ends 22 flanged ,inwardly and downwardly and terminated in spaced relation to the other of its ends 23. A secondary sidewardly extending apertured extension 24 is integrally formed with the. front stock support 19 adjacent the end 23 and extends thereabove also above the flange 22. The ring 17 in the other end 16 of the member 14 is engaged in the apertured bracket 24.

By referring now to FIGURE 3 of the drawings, a l

cross sectional representation ofv a single barrel gun may be seen with the front stock support 19 engaged on the front stock 11 with the inturned flange 22 on one end of the support 19 engaged between the stock 11 and the barrel 12.

By referring to FIGURE 4 of the drawings the same front stock support 19 may be seen in position on a double barrel gun wherein the front stock is indicated by the numeral 25 and the double barrels are indicated by the numerals 26 and 27 respectively, it being observed that the, inturned flange on the front stock support 19 now engages over one of the barrels and that the semicircular configuration of the front stock support 19 has changed to accommodate the different configuration of the double barreled gun and supporting stock.

It will thus be seen that a simple eflicient and relatively inexpensive gun sling has been disclosed which meets the several objects of the invention, and having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A sling for a gun having front and rear stocks and comprising an elongated flexible member having attachment means at each end, a pair of gun supports, one of said gun supports comprising a resilient distortable U- shaped member having an apertured sideward extension thereon by which it is secured to said attachment means on one end of said flexible members, the arms of said U-shaped member "curving toward and away from one another to form a relatively narrower entranceway into said U-shaped member, said U-shaped member being reother end of said fiexible rnernber, said other support 2., The gun slingset forth in claim 1 and wherein the said attachment means co'r'n'pri'se loops, rings engaged in said loops and in' said apertured extensions on' said gun supports. V V 1 3. A gun sling set forth in claim 1 and wherein said gun suppdrts'are of sizes sufficiently larger to engage and substantially surround the bottom and side portions of the front and rear stocks of a gun.

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1. A SLING FOR A GUN HAVING FRONT AND REAR STOCKS AND COMPRISING AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE MEMBER HAVING ATTACHMENT MEANS AT EACH END, A PAIR OF GUN SUPPORTS, ONE OF SAID GUN SUPPORTS COMPRISING A RESILIENT DISTORTABLE USHAPED MEMBER HAVING AN APERTURED SIDEWARD EXTENSION THEREON BY WHICH IT IS SECURED TO SAID ATTACHMENT MEANS ON ONE END OF SAID FLEXIBLE MEMBERS, THE ARMS OF SAID U-SHAPED MEMBER CURVING TOWARD AND AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER TO FORM A RELATIVELY NORROWER ENTRANCEWAY INTO SAID U-SHAPED MEMBER, SAID U-SHAPED MEMBER BEING RESILIENTLY ENGAGEABLE ON SAID REAR STOCK OF SAID GUN AND THE OTHER OF SAID SUPPORTS COMPRISING A RESILIENT DISTORTABLE SEMI-CIRCULAR MEMBER, ONE END OF WHICH IS FLANGED INWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY AND THE OTHER END OF WHICH HAS AN APERTURED SIDEWARD EXTENSION POSITIONED OUTWARDLY THEREOF AND SECURED TO SAID ATTACHMENT MEANS ON THE OTHER END OF SAID FLEXIBLE MEMBER, SAID OTHER SUPPORT BEING RESILIENTLY ENGAGEABLE ON SAID FRONT STOCK OF SAID GUN, THE SEMI-CIRCULAR MEMBER BEING RELATIVELY WIDE AND THIN IN CROSS SECTION WITH SAID SIDEWARD EXTENSION AT RIGHT ANGLES THERETO. 